All lobbying should be publicly declared in transparency laws shake-up, watchdog says
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The UK government's ethics watchdog, led by Doug Chalmers, has recommended that all lobbying of government officials be publicly declared, including informal communications like WhatsApp chats and party conference meetings. The review calls for a new register detailing who is lobbying, which policies they target, and which officials they meet. This overhaul is intended to restore trust in political standards and is part of a broader shake-up of transparency laws.
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Proposal to create a new register of lobbying activities
All lobbying of government ministers, aides and senior officials should be publicly declared, including informal communications like WhatsApp chats and party conference meetings.
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All lobbying of government ministers, aides and senior officials should be publicly declared, including informal communications like WhatsApp chats and party conference meetings.
Opinion- Proposal to create a new register of lobbying activities
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Loaded language removed<p>Ethics and integrity commission chief says overhaul is crucial to help restore trust in standards</p><p>All lobbying of government ministers, aides and senior officials should be publicly declared – from WhatsApp chats to party conference meetings – in a fundamental shake-up of transparency laws, the government’s ethics watchdog has said.</p><p>A review led by Doug Chalmers, the head of the <a…
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All lobbying of government ministers, aides and senior officials should be publicly declared, including informal communications like WhatsApp chats and party conference meetings.
OpinionThe ethics and integrity commission chief, Doug Chalmers, says the overhaul is crucial to help restore trust in standards.
OpinionThe proposed register is part of a fundamental shake-up of transparency laws.
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